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Why this photo of planetary debris is unlike anything seen before
Fomalhaut is one of the brightest stars in the night sky—and the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed belts of material orbiting the star in stunning detail.
Three nested, dusty debris belts extend out to 14 billion miles from the young star Fomalhaut. The inner belts are most likely carved out by the gravitational forces of unseen planets, as shown in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope, which blocks out the light of the star to reveal the surrounding material.
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